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The Effects of Climate Change

By Marie R

The climate has effected great change in the make up of human and natural systems. This is true of changes we are seeing in flora and fauna and the diminishing availability of good quality drinking water.

As the earth’s temperatures rise, the effects of these changes will increase dramatically.

Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world today. Rising global temperatures will bring changes in weather patterns, rising sea levels and increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather.

Hardest hit, and first, will be the poorest countries. The wealthy nations buy and consume products contributing to the emissions, and the poor are unable to adapt to the consequences.

The burden of disease has increased, and is expected to get much worse in the future.

An uneven impact on food production will be one effect. Moderate temperature increases will see a rise in productivity at the global level, but at lower latitudes, especially seasonally dry and tropical regions, crop productivity is projected to decrease for even small local temperature increases increasing risk of hunger.

The causes of climate change and its impact on the environment and human health are becoming increasingly understood, and increasingly problematic.

This is not a government, economic or moral problem, but one affecting everyone and we need to treat it as a global problem.

To try and find solutions for the climate change problems, requires strong leadership from our governments and environmental bodies.

Climate change is the result of a great many factors including the dynamic processes of the earth, external forces including variations in sunlight intensity, and more recently, by human activities.

External factors that can shape climate are often called climate forcing and include such processes as variations in solar radiation, deviations in the earth’s orbit, and the level of greenhouse gas concentrations.